Syria Update 3 February 2020
Syria Update 3 February 2020 Table Of Contents Download PDF Version Government Takes Ma’arrat An Nu’man; Resistance Stiffens In Depth Analysis On 29 January, Government of Syria forces backed by Russia captured the strategically and symbolically significant community of Ma’arrat An Nu’man, which was almost entirely depopulated as civilians fled northward in massive convoys. According […]
Syria Update 27 January 2020
Syria Update 27 January 2020 Table Of Contents Download PDF Version New Decrees Aim to Silence Syrian Street as Economy Deteriorates In Depth Analysis On 18 January, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad issued two harshly punitive legislative decrees in a bid to protect the flagging Syrian pound. The first of these orders, Legislative Decree No. 3, […]
Syria Update 20 January 2020
Syria Update 20 January 2020 Table Of Contents Download PDF Version Dar‘a in flames: A template for reconciled areas, a prelude to crackdown — or both? In Depth Analysis In the past week, a series of escalating, tit-for-tat reprisals — including hostage-takings, armed raids on Government of Syria security positions, and the killing of multiple […]
Syria Update 13 January 2020
Syria Update 13 January 2020 Download PDF Version Table Of Contents Putin Stands Triumphant in Damascus Visit In Depth Analysis In the days following the eruption of U.S.-Iran tensions throughout the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Damascus and Istanbul on back-to-back visits that were choreographed to emphasize the status of Putin’s Russia as […]
Syria in 2020: New Response Challenges to an Evolving Crisis
Syria in 2020: New Response Challenges to an Evolving Crisis 11 January 2020 The Syria crisis is changing, and the international Syria response must change, too. As the period of the conflict defined by rapid military developments draws to an end, response actors are increasingly being forced to contend not with the acute needs created […]
Syria Update: 18 December , 2019 – 06 January, 2020
Syria Update 6 January 2020 Download PDF Version Table Of Contents Iran’s ‘Living Martyr’ Soleimani Killed: U.S. Strikes Match in Tinderbox Region In Depth Analysis In an event that will profoundly shape the dynamics of war and peace across the Middle East, in the early hours of 3 January, U.S. forces carried out a lethal […]
Two Countries, One Crisis: The Impact of Lebanon’s Upheaval on Syria
Executive Summary On 17 October, spontaneous mass protests broke out across Lebanon. While the protest movement remains essentially leaderless and predominantly aims to reshape the existing Lebanese political establishment, its immediate cause is the increasingly dire state of the Lebanese economy and the rapidly deteriorating value of the Lebanese lira (LBP). The persistent demands of […]
Syria Update: 11 – 17 December , 2019
Syria Update 11 – 17 December, 2019 Download Table Of Contents The Syria Update is divided into two sections. The first section provides an in-depth analysis of key issues and dynamics related to wartime and post-conflict Syria. The second section provides a comprehensive whole of Syria review, detailing events and incidents, and analysis of their […]
Syria Update: 04 – 10 December , 2019
Syria Update 04 – 10 December 2019 Download Table Of Contents The Syria Update is divided into two sections. The first section provides an in-depth analysis of key issues and dynamics related to wartime and post-conflict Syria. The second section provides a comprehensive whole of Syria review, detailing events and incidents, and analysis of their […]
